How It Feels To Be A Human Being

from Feminine Tense by avila

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You like me painted and thin
missing a dimension
posing iconographic
fingers like steeples
 You like me hanging around
staring at the people
glowing like I’m some angel
half a smile on my face
 But I need to come down
get off of this wall
kiss you all over
get into your skin
Want to love what I love
and see what I see
We need to let this thing be
 I’ll let you know how it feels
to be a human being
I’m letting go of the fault
Of needing to be saved at all
I’ll let you know how it feels
to be a human being
I’m letting go of it all
This is how it feels 
You like me barefoot and mute
crying in a chapel
But this church has no ceiling
and my reverence has flown

Don’t want your devotion
Don’t want your belief
Don’t carve me in marble
or pray at my feet
You’re not my sinner
and I’m not your saint
We need to let this thing breathe

I’ll let you know how it feels
to be a human being
I’m letting go of the fault
Of needing to be saved at all
I’ll let you know how it feels
to be a human being
I’m letting go of it all
This is how it feels

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from Feminine Tense, released February 21, 2020

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